This is the story of a baby who thinks he is too young to look after himself and goes off looking for a mother. Along the way he collects a cat, a teddy bear and a clockwork hen until eventually he finds a mummy without a baby. The authors have also written "Peepo" and "The Jolly Postman".
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"There was once a baby who had no mommy . . . He fed himself and bathed himself. He even changed his own diaper." So begins a modern quest in which the baby sets out to find a mother. Along the way he encounters a cat, a teddy, a wind-up hen, and an old uncle, all of whom join the hunt until they find a woman pushing an empty baby carriage. All settle very comfortably in a snug house where the uncle reads a story . . .about a baby who had no father. So they start out again. Unfortunately, the second quest doesn't work as well. While the search for the "mommy" follows folklore tradition with questions, answers, and reasoning, the search for the father is so foreshortened that it hardly makes sense and has no rhythmic quality to the telling. It seems tacked on as an afterthought, giving the story a forced and hurried ending. The whimsical watercolors are some of Ahlberg's best, however, and the delightful humor of the story and the child-pleasing role reversal at the beginning (the picture of the baby diapering himself is especially endearing) make this a worthwhile purchase. --Connie C. Rockman, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Bye Bye Baby: A Sad Story with a Happy Ending,
This review is from: Bye Bye, Baby: A Sad Story With a Happy Ending (Hardcover)
I started reading this book to my first child eight years ago. The anticipation grew after the first few times reading it, and he would happily join in the conversation with the cat, the teddy, the wind-up hen, and the Old Uncle; until finally YES! he found a Mommy. How joyful! Then he found a Daddy and his family was complete. Now my three year old daughter joins in on the fun. I've loved this book from the first read, and never tire of the little boy's sad story with a happy ending. Janet and Allen Ahlberg are masterful, in their artistry and their storytelling. Worth reading to all our children for many generations!
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